It was snowing heavily outside, but only by looking far could one see a thin layer of snow on the roof ridges in the distance. The snow inside and outside the palace was swept clean. Xia He took another look at the palace ladies in the outer palace. The palace rules were strict. They It's like an eternal silhouette, frozen in this gorgeous and solemn palace.
Xia He hugged the golden-red cloak slightly. In fact, like the young lady, she also felt a little annoyed. Ever since she lived with the young lady in the palace, her every move had to be criticized by others, such as those palace maids who taught etiquette. Aunts, even though they wouldn't say it openly, their harsh reminders made Xia He uncomfortable.
Hey, it's better to be free in Langge. Xia He sighed and wrinkled his face: "Dongxue, I miss spring flowers and autumn moon, and I want to go back to Langge."
Oh, by the way, her name has also been criticized for being unpleasant.
Xia He curled her lips. She didn't want to tell the young lady and the princess about these little things that happened between the servants. She always felt that she had become weaker if she told her. But after careful calculation, she had not suffered much injustice. On the contrary, the person who fawned over her Still quite a lot.
They are sour, Xia He knows.
Dong Xue's face has always been cold, and her temperament is always like ice and snow. She glanced at Xia He, who had a lively face and rich expressions, and said, "You don't like it here?"
"There are too many rules in the palace and I'm not used to it." Xia He walked to Dong Xue and whispered to her.
"It will be fine after a while." Dongxue gently lowered the bead curtain to block the inner room: "Whether it is the young lady or the princess, they all love you a lot. It's time for you to learn the rules."
Xia He was stunned after hearing this.
Xiao Qingxue in the inner hall was also a little tired. When she saw her mother, she felt better. She took off her shoes and sat on the couch, hugging her arm.
"What is this?" Xiao Luolan put down the documents and asked with a soft smile, touching her daughter's face.
Xiao Qingxue frowned, pouted, and looked unhappy: "Ever since entering the palace, Amu has never come to play with me. The commander of the imperial army in the palace is now Colonel Yang and the others. Ask them where Amu is. Where it is, they don’t know.”
"Maybe Amu is busy, so I can't play with you every day." Xiao Luolan comforted, diverting her daughter's attention: "Your father sent a lot of titles about you this morning, do you like any of them? "
Xiao Qingxue looked through them, and after a while she was confused and said: "These titles all sound pretty good. Mom, please help me choose one."
Xiao Luolan said: "What do you think of Wuyou?"
"It sounds good." Xiao Qingxue affirmed, and smiled at the same time: "Then let's take this." She rolled her eyes and said, "Auntie, I will go out of the palace to find Amu in the afternoon, okay?"
"Then bring more people with you. There are a lot of people in Chang'an now and there are a lot of things going on. Remember to come back before the sun goes down." Xiao Luolan warned.
"I know." Xiao Qingxue said. After getting A'niang's words, she happily took the people away. Xiao Luolan thought for a while and prepared to go to Zhou Lang to ask about A'mu. She felt that her daughter was a little attracted to A'mu. What Xin means is that I heard from Zhou Lang that Amu had made great contributions during the attack on the city and was the first to reach the top of Chang'an City.
Thinking like this, Xiao Luolan packed up the paperwork and left. As soon as she left the house, she met Wan Niang who was walking quickly.
Dongxue put a snow-white fox fur cloak on his wife and carefully held up the umbrella because it was snowing heavily outside.
"It's such a cold day, why are you out here? If you need someone to find me, I'll just go find you." Xiao Luolan handed the heater in his hand to her, and as expected, her hand felt cold.
Jin Hewan has been living in the palace, and Lan Niang is very kind to her. There are many people in the palace where she lives, and there are medical women who come in and out every day to take care of her body. However, Jin Hewan feels that she is not that fragile. This time she is following her son south. She accidentally contracted the cold and had already recovered, but Lan Niang felt guilty towards her because of it.
Wan Niang put away the heater and her body warmed up quickly. She saw that there was only Dongxue, a maid beside Lan Niang, and the other maids followed her at a distance. She said softly: "I heard the dance when I came from Taiye Palace. The sound of music seems to be that of the concubines of the previous dynasty playing and dancing. Now that the foundation of the country is uncertain, it is really inappropriate if such frivolous behavior is spread, and Lan Niang should be severely punished."
Xiao Luolan recalled: "Weren't all the concubines of the previous dynasty in the Greenhouse Palace?" The Greenhouse Palace was a residence in the harem. Emperor Yongxing had too many concubines. Xiao Luolan simply couldn't understand the last few months. Emperor Yongxing is still letting beauties from all over the country enter the palace, which is really harming others and himself.
Generally, the emperor's concubines were not allowed to leave the palace at all. After their death, they would be buried in the concubine mausoleum. But now that the previous dynasties have been destroyed, Emperor Yongxing himself was not able to be buried in the mausoleum that he had built for more than ten years. Concubine, where to go is also a question.
"Most of them are, but it's hard to guarantee that there are some people with evil intentions who want to continue to climb high branches and reach the sky." Jin Hewan stroked the hairpin on her head and sneered.
Xiao Luolan seemed to understand. She looked in the direction of Taiye Palace, which used to be where Imperial Concubine Xi lived. After the coup, Imperial Concubine Xi went to Greenhouse Palace like other concubines.
"Let's go and check the situation first." Xiao Luolan said after being silent for a while. The breath she exhaled was like a mist in the slightly cold air, hazy, and her eyes were like orchids in the mountains. Like, quiet and cold.
Jin Hewan wanted to say something else, but she nodded pretending not to know: "Okay." She returned the heater to Lan Niang and found that her hands were also cold.
Xiao Luolan told those people not to follow her. When she arrived at Taiye Palace, she saw the imperial guards beside Zhou Lang as expected. Greenhouse Palace thought of Taiye Palace. If no one agreed, how could a woman get through the guards to get to Taiye Palace? Liquid Palace.
The sound of dancing music in the hall sounded a bit harsh. Xiao Luolan first looked at the snow scene for a while before entering Taiye Hall. Taiye Hall was as warm as spring, and a beauty was dancing.
The gauze curtain on the main seat of the main hall in front is floating, and a figure is admiring it through the gauze curtain.
Xiao Luolan watched the dance of Imperial Concubine Xi. She was dressed very coolly, her dancing posture was alluring, her eyes were charming, and every move she made pulled people's heartstrings. Seeing her look at her, her red lips became more and more raised.
Xiao Luolan stood aside, her face surrounded by snow-white fox fur, her face was very white against the background, her black hair was inserted into a golden hairpin, she walked softly, and her long eyelashes trembled for a moment, covering her face. All the moist emotions in her eyes were suppressed. For some reason, she suddenly remembered that Zhou Lang had been abnormal these days. He spoke less to her and often lost his mind in front of her. In fact, it was all trivial things. Xiao Luolan sometimes thought that after all, Now that he has ascended the throne, Zhou Lang should be very busy...
Xiao Luolan passed the dancing Imperial Concubine Xi and walked up the jade steps. She gently lifted the gauze curtain with her bare hands. When she saw who was sitting on the main seat, her eyes widened instantly. Zheng Xier's expression in the hall also changed from pride to shock. !
"Why are you?!" Her voice was very sharp.
On the 16th, he took off his long legs and swallowed the grapes. He had to sit down properly in front of his aunt, but he was not forgiving: "Why can't it be me? Please let someone inform your uncle." If you say that you have something important to Emperor Yongxing in your hand, my uncle will naturally go to your room to look for it, so he won’t have time to watch you posing."
"But since you want to dance, just do it. It doesn't cost any money anyway." Zhou Liu said confidently.
Zheng Xi'er was angry, angry and ashamed. She pulled the clothes of the person next to her to cover herself, her face turned red: "You, you..." She was so ashamed and angry that instead of seducing the general, she was fooled!
Xiao Luolan came back to her senses and was speechless: "You, that Zhou Lang..."
"The woman said that she had something secretly hidden by Emperor Yongxing that she wanted to present to her uncle. She could just present it to her uncle. She had to dance before she presented it. My uncle was impatient with her, so he took someone to find it himself." Zhou Sixteen-Three After finishing these two sentences, he said aggrievedly: "She wanted to dance the seven-shame and eight-layer dance herself, we didn't force her."
"Shut up!" Zheng Xi'er said angrily. How could she bear it when her face and ambition were smashed to pieces this time?
Xiao Luolan didn't understand where her malice came from.
At this moment, the door opened wide, and Zhou Xu came in with a gloomy face, holding a scroll in his hand. He walked straight to Zheng Xi'er, his face was so horrifying that Zhou Shiliu immediately did not dare to speak.
"Is this the important thing you said Emperor Yongxing kept secretly?" Zhou Xu's hand holding the scroll squeaked, his face was really horrifying, he grabbed the woman's long hair and lifted it up to him Come closer.
Zheng Xier clearly showed fear. She was extremely scared, but thinking of the power of the man in front of her, she approached pitifully and said softly: "Yes, yes."
"The general is so powerful that I dare not hide it." Zheng Xi'er sobbed, her words vague in meaning: "Now that the general is about to ascend the throne, I feel that there seems to be some connection between the deposed emperor and your wife. I don't want the general to be deceived by this. , so…”
Before Zheng Xier could finish her words, she was forcefully pushed to the ground, and she couldn't help but scream.
Zhou Xu looked down at her, his eyes full of murderous intent: "Who do you think you are? How dare you sow the relationship between my wife and me in front of me."
Zheng Xier was frightened and said: "I don't dare to talk nonsense. The person in the painting in your hand is your wife."
On Saturday, his scalp was numb, and he was so frightened by the breaking news that he could not even breathe. He touched his neck, worried that his uncle would kill someone and silence him.
Xiao Luolan was startled and very confused.
Zhou Xu smiled coldly: "Then what? What does it mean?"
Zheng Xier opened her mouth to speak, but was interrupted.
"Representing the deposed emperor is wishful thinking, but my wife and I are a perfect match."
Zheng Xier was sweating profusely and finally remembered to beg for mercy.
Zhou Xu threw away the scroll, feeling angry and patting his head: "I have been busy with business for so many days, but I forgot to take care of you."
"It's my fault." He pretended.
"General, spare your life," Zheng Xi'er knelt down and begged for mercy: "I will never dare to do it again. General, please be merciful. You have killed the deposed emperor, please spare my life as a poor man from the previous dynasty."
"It's okay. Killing your Zheng family is just a casual thing." Zhou Xu laughed evilly.
Zhou Xu threw her out of the Taiye Palace, which was as warm as spring, and when he looked up, he saw the silent lady.
Xiao Luolan stared at the farce in stunned silence, and then looked at Zhou Lang, who was still angry. Could he be jealous...?
Chapter 344
Taiye Palace, Zhou Shiliu ran away long ago when he saw that the situation was not good.
Xiao Luolan looked at the scroll on the ground, feeling a little embarrassed for some reason. When she saw Zhou Lang's dark face, she felt a little funny. She pursed her lips, but still couldn't help but curl her lips, feeling the sadness that she had been hiding in her heart just now. Dispersed in one fell swoop.
Zhou Xu was very angry at first, but when he found his wife standing above the main hall, she smiled softly at him, her elegance and tenderness spread all over her body, and half of his anger disappeared for no reason, and he stepped forward. , because there was still residual anger, the buzzing in his chest was shocking, and he subconsciously lowered his voice: "Why are you here, madam?"
"I..." Xiao Luolan didn't notice Wan Niang's figure, so she changed her words and said, "I have something to ask you for. When I saw Zhang Yougong outside, I thought you were here too."
Zhou Xu put his arm around his wife's shoulders, and the two of them sat together on the jade stone platform in the main hall. In front of them was Zhou Shiliu's half-eaten grape plate, as well as fresh fruits that were rarely seen in winter.
"What does Madam want from me?" Zhou Xu looked at Madam and asked first.
"Qingxue went out of the palace to play with Amu." Xiao Luolan said: "I haven't seen Amu for several days, so I wanted to ask Zhou Lang which position you gave Amu."
Zhou Xu squeezed his wife's wrist and found that the snow-colored fox fur didn't seem to be very warm. The lady's hand was warm and cool. It must have been that the bones in her body were injured when she fell into the water and it has not healed. He thought while thinking, He replied: "No matter how old Amu is, how can he live in the palace all day long? He has always taken the lead in battles and made great achievements many times. He was also the first to climb the city. After I ascend the throne, I plan to grant him a title. Yehou lives in Chang'an City. If he and Qingxue get married, I will make him a Duke and General Long Xiang."
Xiao Luolan was quite surprised, but she knew that Zhou Lang had never been able to achieve the position of Duke before.
"Is this... too much honor and favor?" Xiao Luolan hesitated.
Zhou Xu smiled and said: "My daughter must be treated well. If the two of them have children in the future, the girl will be named the princess, and the boy will be named the prince."
"You've already thought of the child before we even exchanged our horoscopes." Xiao Luolan felt that Zhou Lang was thinking a little too far.
Zhou Xu suddenly sighed.
"Why did you sigh suddenly?" Xiao Luolan couldn't help but raise her hand to touch Zhou Lang's eyebrows. There were deep wrinkles there. Since arriving in Chang'an, Zhou Lang has been very busy. Except for the joy and excitement at the beginning, the rest Even if you are busy and hardworking, being an emperor is not an easy task.
Zhou Xu held his wife's hand and kissed it. His eyes were deep and distant, mixed with some regret, and he said in a lonely tone: "To be honest with you, madam, I sometimes think about what his appearance and temperament would be like if we had a biological child." , is she more like me or more like my wife? If you follow my temper, if she is a girl, she will be lawless and like a devil."
Zhou Xu laughed: "If my son follows the wife's temperament, he will be very good, a gentleman, strong and independent, whether he is a girl or a boy, he will be very good."
Xiao Luolan was stunned for a moment and was about to speak.
"I know that Shenzhi and Qingxue are both good children." Zhou Xu smiled with wrinkles at the end of his eyes: "I love them too, just like you love them."
"It's just that people are inevitably vulgar. I am also a mortal, so I think about it occasionally." Zhou Xu touched his wife's jade face, and after explaining, he said openly: "But it's good to be like this now. Qingxue and Shenzhi are all grown up. We don’t need to worry about it anymore, besides, my relationship with my wife is as strong as gold, so it doesn’t really matter whether we have children or not.”
Xiao Luolan listened and slowly snuggled into the man's arms. This time, Zhou Xu was stunned for a moment. He slowly tightened his arms and hugged his wife a little tighter. In fact, there was still a trace of guilt in his heart.
Maybe when you love someone, you feel like you don't give them enough, and you always feel indebted.
"Actually... I was very sad when I came in just now." Xiao Luolan's voice was very soft, and Taiye Palace was very quiet. The wind and snow outside the hall swept into the hall, and thousands of layers of Chinese gauze were flying, scattering her words in the gorgeous In the Taiye Palace, the sound became increasingly inaudible, like a whisper in a dream. Zhou Xu tightened his arms around his wife's slim waist. He lowered his head, wondering if he was hallucinating.
"What?"
Perhaps it was because Madam's words came so unexpectedly that Zhou Xu's usually quick thinking was slowed down for a moment. Or perhaps, he was a little disbelieving. No one knows better than Zhou Xu how difficult it is to open up to Madam's shy and introverted personality. , who can really get into her heart and know what she is thinking. Apart from her daughter, the person who makes Zhou Xu jealous is actually the great Chu Renzong who has been dead for hundreds of years, just because they come from the same place.
Zhou Xu couldn't imagine how such a large empire could maintain its operations without an emperor. He often felt that the world around his wife should be a ridiculous and magical place in books.
Zhou Xu came back to his senses after hearing what the madam said. He felt his heart beating loudly when he thought about what the madam had said before. He kept asking questions like a young boy: "What did the madam say just now? Besides, what did the madam say?" Once?"
The tips of Xiao Luolan's ears and cheeks turned red. She didn't have the courage to look at Zhou Lang at all. She only stared at the embroidery on his collar. Her lips moved. She wanted to say it again but she lost the courage that had just filled her heart. Her eyelashes kept fluttering. , pursed his lips slightly, and blushed with embarrassment.
"Good madam, say it again." Zhou Xu was not willing to let the madam go. He restrained the madam's waist and directly raised the madam's snow-white chin with his other hand to make her look at him, his eyes following her paranoid gaze. , and didn't care that the madam was blushing at the moment. Seeing that the madam wanted to hide, he rubbed her head over and let her squeeze into his arms. As their ears and temples rubbed together, their hot breath spread on Xiao Luolan's face. Xiao Luolan was suspicious. His face was about to burn.
She was forced to say it again in a low voice. Because she was shy, she didn't speak loudly, but when she noticed Zhou Lang's eyes gradually burning, she seemed to be less nervous again.
So, she slowly looked into his eyes.
Zhou Lang's eyes are black, and the vicissitudes of life can be seen everywhere on his strong and upright face. His thick eyebrows press down on his eyes, his eyes are long and narrow, and his face is stern and majestic. This causes him to have a chill that is not easy to deal with when his face is slightly cold. However, his eyes were wide open now, and there were slight clusters of fire exploding in his eyes. Especially after she finished speaking, he was smiling, which completely softened his surface resoluteness and coldness.
Xiao Luolan could always be touched by this man's frankness. In fact, it was Zhou Lang who was more open-minded.
Zhou Xu caressed the lady's cheek, and the clouds covered her face. He couldn't help but laugh. Indescribable excitement and joy filled his chest, and the sharp canine teeth pierced out from his lips, arching like a beast. Touching Madam's neck, it was as if she had unearthed the most precious treasure. She was still not satisfied, and asked more and more closely, "Does Madam think that I am sad because I am watching that noble concubine dancing here in Taiye Palace?"
